The Prime Minister will also interact virtually with 10 lakh stand-level BJP staff today.
Bhopal:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off two Vande Bharat trains – Bhopal to Indore and Bhopal to Jabalpur – from Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, where the Assembly polls are due to take place towards the end of the year. Three other Vande Bharat trains – Madgaon (Goa) – Mumbai Vande Bharat Express, Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express and Hatia-Patna Vande Bharat Express – were also virtually flagged.
“These trains will improve connectivity in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Bihar and Jharkhand,” Prime Minister Modi said in a tweet on Monday.
Among others, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Jyotiraditya Scindia attended the occasion.
Earlier, after arriving at Bhopal airport in the morning, Modi was supposed to reach Rani Kamalapati railway station by helicopter, but due to bad weather, he left for the location by road, said Ashish Agrawal, in charge of BJP media.
The Prime Minister will also interact virtually with 10 lakh stand-level BJP staff today.
Later in the day, the prime minister will communicate with 3,000 party operatives selected from across the country who have made effective contributions in strengthening their stands under the party’s “Mera Booth Sabse Majboot” campaign, BJP said President Vishnu Dutt Sharma.
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Shahdol district has been postponed due to heavy rain warnings, Prime Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said yesterday.
The prime minister has postponed his visit to the tribal-dominated district due to heavy rain warnings and considering the inconvenience the downpour could cause for people coming to attend the event, the prime minister said in a statement.
A new date for his visit will be announced soon, he added.
The Prime Minister was to participate in the Veerangana Rani Durgavati Sacrifice Day program and the closing event of Veerangana Rani Durgavati Gaurav Yatra in Shahdol town.
A planned roadshow in Bhopal has also been canceled due to weather conditions, a party leader said earlier.
